Pierre Vaneck
Actor
- Born
- April 15, 1931 · Lang Son, Indochine
- Died
- January 31, 2010 (age 78)
Pierre Vaneck (born Pierre Auguste Van Hecke; 15 April 1931 – 31 January 2010) was a French actor. During his career, he won a Molière Award in 1988 and received a César Award nomination in 2009.
Son of a Belgian army officer, Pierre Vaneck spent his youth in Antwerp, Belgium, until the age of 17, when he started medical studies in Paris, France. Before long, he branched into studying acting, first at the Rene Simon school, and then at the Theatre Academy, under Henri Rollan. He earned his living meanwhile by working for a saddle-maker by day, and in the evenings, he recited François Villon's poems in cabarets. His début on the stage came in 1952 in The Three Musketeers in the role of Louis XIII. His first important role in the cinema was in the Julien Duvivier film, Marianne of my Youth in 1955.
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Pierre Vaneck was primarily a theatre and television actor. The general public knew him particularly for his television role as the father of the main character in Fabien Cosma, as well as in many other serials (Spring Tides, The Garonne...). Vaneck died on Sunday 31 January 2010, during open-heart surgery. He was married to Sophie Becker, daughter and sister of Jacques Becker and Jean Becker. His grandchildren, Aurélie and Thibaud Vaneck, are both actors, and feature in the television series Plus Belle la Vie which is broadcast on France 3 channel.
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Known for
The Science of Sleep
June 25, 2006
Is Paris Burning?
October 26, 1966
Love Me No More
April 30, 2008
Othello
December 15, 1995
Year of the Jellyfish
November 7, 1984
Furia
May 1, 1999
Operation Leopard
January 9, 1980
A Man Named Rocca
November 17, 1961
He Who Must Die
May 3, 1957
If Paris Were Told to Us
January 27, 1956
The Season for Love
June 12, 1961
If I Had Four Dromedaries
November 1, 1966
Acting56
- 2009A.D.A. : L'argent des autres as André Jorgensen
- 2008Love Me No More as le père d'Antoine
- 2006The Science of Sleep as Mr. Pouchet
- 2005No Sky Limit with Africa as Ian Coburn
- 2004Nero as Paul of Tarsus
- 2002La Source des Sarrasins as Armand
- 2000Return to Algiers as Blanville
- 1999Retour à Fonteyne as Aurélien Laverzac
- 1999Furia as Aaron
- 1998« Art »